<,' 



(I 




Gass Ci>'Ji 
Rnnk /] f^ 



i i 



PEDIGREE OF 



Luke Rogers, 



-Abraham 

Foster Rogers,- 



— John Rogers. 



— Elizabeth Foster,*- 



-Patty Faulkner,^- 



— Nathaniel 

Faulkner,*- 



-Catherine 

EVELETH-,*- 



— Abraham Foster,*- 



-Elizabeth Davis,* - 



-Ammiruhammah 

Faulkner,'- 



— Hannah Ingalls/- 



— Francis Eveleth,*- 



—Mary Hunt,*- 



c ' c 

C c 
tit 
t , I 



LUKE ROGERS. 



-Abraham Foster,^- 



-Jacob Forster,^- 



-Abigail Lord,^- 



-Reginald Forster.' 
-Judith . 

-Robert Lord.' 
-Mary Waite,^ — 



— Samuel Waite.' 
I — Mary Ward. 



—Abigail Parsons,^- 



— Jeffrey Parsons.' 
— Sarah Vinson,^ 



-Barnabas Uavis,^- 



-James Davis, 



-Elizabeth Randall,^-] 



-William Vinson.' 
-Sar.\h . 

-Barnabas U.wis.' 
-Patience . 

William Randall.' 

ELIZ.A.BETH BaRSTOW." 



-Elizabeth Dowse,^- 



,— Francis Faulkner,^ — 



-Abigail Dane,^— 



-James Ingalls,^ 



— Hannah Abhot,'- 



-JoHN Eveleth/- 



— Mary Bowman.^- 



— John Hunt,^ 



_1 



-Mary Brown, '- 



— Eleazer D(J\VSE,^ 



— Mary Edmands,^ 

-Edmond Faulkner.' 
-Dorothy . 



-Lawrence Dowse.' —Robert Rand.' 
-Margery Rand,^ —Alice Sharpe.' 

— Walter Edmands.' 
-Daniel Edmands,^— 1 Dorothy . 



-Mary Spr.\gue,' 



—Francis Dane,- —John Dane.' 



— Ralph Sprague ' 
' — Joan Corbin,^ — 



John Corbin.' 



— Elizabeth Ingalls,* — ( 

— Henry Ingalls,^ ( 

— Mary Osgood,^ 1 



— George Abbot,^- 

— Sarah Farnum,^- 
— Joseph Eveleth,^ 
— Mary Bragg,- — 



-Edmund Ing.\lls.' 
-Anne . 

— Edmund Lngalls.' 
— Anne . 

— John Osgood.' 
— Sarah . 

—George Abbot.' 



-Ralph Farnum.' 
-Alice . 

-Sylvester Eveleth.' 

-Susanna . 

-Edward Bragg.' 
-Elizabeth . 



-Francis Bowman.- Nathaniel Bowman.' 



John Sherman,^ John Sherman.' 

—Martha Sherman.^ — I— Martha Palmer,^- William Palmer.' 



— Nehemiah Hunt,^- 

— Mary T(mLE. 

— Thomas Browne,^- 

— Ruth Wheeler,^ 1 



-William Hunt.' 
-Elizabeth . 



-Thomas Browne.' 
-Bridget . 

— Obadiah Wheeler.' 
Susanna . 



•• 



PEDIGREE OF 



Sarah Wright 
Brown,*- 



-Ephraim Bro\vn,5- 



— SiBEL Wright,'- 



— Thomas Brown,*— 



-Mary Flixt/- 



-Amos Wright/— 



— Abigail Clark. 



-Ephraim Brown, 3 



— Hannah Wilson,^ 



-Thomas Flint,^- 



— Mary Brown,*- 



— Joseph Wright,^- 



— Elizabeth Jones,* 



SARAH WRIGHT BROWN. 



— Thomas Browne.' 



-Thomas Browne,'' 1 brjdget 



I — Obadiah Wheeler.' 
-Ruth Wheeler,^ I_Susanna . 



— William Wilson.' 



— Sarah Blood, ^- 



— James Blood,^- 



-James Blood.' 
-Ellen . 



—Hannah Purchis,^ —Oliver Purchis.' 



-John Flint,^ 



— Mary Oakes,^- 



-Hon. Thomas Flint.' 
-Abigail . 



-Edward Oakes.' 
-Jane . 



-Thomas Brown, ^ — 



— Rachel Poulter,^- 



— Samuel Wright,^ 



— Mary Hosmer,^— 



—Samuel Jones,^— 



-Ruth Brown, ^- 



-BoAZ Browne,^- 



-Mary Winship,^- 
-John Poulter.' 

— Rachel Eliot,^— 



-Edward Wright.' 
-Elizabeth . 



— James Hosmer,-- 
— vSarah White,- — 
— Samuel Jones,^— 



I — Thomas Browne.' 
I — Bridget . 

I — Edward Winship.' 
' — Jane Wilkinson. 



— Francis Eliot.' 
— Mary Saunders,^ 



-James Hosmer.' 

-Anne . 

-John White.' 

-JOANE . 

-John Jones.' 
-Dorcas . 



— Elizabeth Potter,^ 



-Thomas Browne,*- 



-LUKE Po'lTER.' 

-Mary Edmands,^ 



-Thomas Browne.' 
-Bridget . 



I — Martin Saunders.' 
— Rachel . 



, — Walter Edmands.' 
I — Dorothy . 



-Ruth Wheeler,^ ,-Obadiah Whee ler.' 

'^Susanna . 




CO 

en 



O 

[- 

CO 

en 
cr 

LU 

O 
O 



u 

_j 

CL 

I 
h- 

cc 



THE 



ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS 



OF 



LUKE ROGERS .^^ SARAH WlilGlIT BROWN 



COMPILED BY 



ETHEL BRIGHAM LEATHERBEE 

MEMDER OF THE N. E. HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 



BOSTON 
PRIVATELY PRINTED 

1907 



pi 



TO THE MEMORY 
OF 

JAMES SWIFT ROGERS, 

Wwr.SE KINDLY AID, CONTINUOUS ENCOURAGEMENT, 

AND VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS 

MADE POSSIBLE ITS PRODUCTION, 

THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS INSCRIBED AS A 

SLIGHT TOKEN OF APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE, 

BY THE COMPILER. 



FOREWORD 



In sending out this little volume, it is with much regret that I 
am obliged to acknowledge my inability to trace back the line of 
Rogers beyond John, the father of Abraham Foster, but I have 
found it impossible so to identify him as even to suggest, with 
any certainty, his parentage. There were numerous John Rogerscs 
in both Charlestown and Boston at the period when he must have 
lived there, some of whom were engaged in the invasion of Canada 
and the siege of Louisburg, but so far it has been in vain that I 
have endeavored to identify any one of them with this particular 
man of the same name. All the information that I have been able 
to obtain relating to him is the date of his marriage, and the fact 
that he must have died between May, 1777 (his youngest child 
having been born on April i, 1778) and July 25, 1796. for on the 
latter date his " widow " Elizabeth purchased from Joseph Robin- 
son the house and land at the "Lower End of Salem Street," 
Boston, where she died sometime prior to February 8, 18 13, on 
which date her son, Joseph W. Rogers, was appointed administra- 
tor of her will, which was dated December 6, 181 2, and mentions 
her sons John, Abraham Foster, and Joseph Warren, and her 
daughters Elizabeth Sweetzer and Sarah Sweetzer. I also regret 
my inability to continue the lines of Abigail Clark, Mary Toole, 
and Mary Ward, but I can find no clue to them, and it is my hope 
that some one may read this who can aid me in the search. 



I ; sectioa cm Ancestcwrs I have kept strictly to the 

lin^ ~e and. with one exception, have not even 

: other marriages than those whose issue contributed to 
rity of the particular line involved. In the section on 
Descoidants I have endeavored to mention every individual, re- 
gardless r or degree of descent- All the information 
- r - ' ng colla:, .es which I have received from various 
5, I have placed in the Appendix, but I do not in any way 
hold myself res" r for the authenticity of the same, as I have 
never estigations regarding it, and I have 
reason to 5T!T?pose that, even if no errors are to be found there, 
therz -: T ^ ssions. 

Undc*-b-edly in thi^ comf : .ere will be found various 

err missions, fcr zzt 3. work of this nature such conditions 

-j^vr^:d,-. 1 shall be very grateful, in such case, 

i^ i:i^.c l:ic-- ^^-:i;c^ -. .- ~e, that corrections may be made. 

So many people have assisted me in this work that space forbids 
"^ -- --- -_v -'-^TQ all by name: but the following have been so very 

1 : eel it only proper publidy to acknowledge my in- 
wc --^ i :o ^Ir. William Prescott Greenlaw, Librarian of the 

Nev/ rr^ and Historic Genealogical Society, Miss Evelyn M. Tur- 
ner. L" "ary Historical Society of Massachusetts, 
Mrs. I ~ Acttm, Miss Rebecca O. Sheldon of 
Provide&ce, Air. Hciir> G ' Stow, and Mr. Charles Johnson 

of Llttl^CML. 

Ethel Brigham Leathkrbkk. 



^^^£M^^^^^ 




LUKE ROGERS. 



LUKE ROGERS 



Luke Rogers, the fifth child and second son of Abraham 
Foster Rogers and his wife Patty Faulkner, was the first of 
their offspring born at the old farmhouse at Stow, which was 
purchased in 1791 when the family moved from Littleton. 
He was born on August 4, 1792, and untO the age of seven- 
teen led the usual life of the sons of prosperous New England 
farmers, when, tired of the wear)- grind of such an existence, 
he went to Concord, where he became apprenticed to a house- 
wright and began to learn the trade which he continued to 
follow, with few interruptions, for the rest of his life. 

In I Si I he enlisted in the famous old local military com- 
pany kno\\Ti as the Concord Artiller}', and served as a private 
on its first active duty in 18 14, "when accompanied by the 
Concord Light Infantry and Acton Blues, it marched to Bos- 
ton under command of Captain Reuben Brown, Jr., sta}-ing 
in camp there from September tenth to October thirtieth." * 
On September 19, 1S23, he was commissioned a second lieu- 
tenant, and on September 22, 1S24, he was promoted to be 
first lieutenant. On June 4, 1826, he applied to the Gover- 
nor for his discharge, stating as the principal reason for liis 
request that ha\'ing removed to Boston where he expected to 
remain "for years to come," he found it "very inconvenient 
and expensive to do militar)- duty in said company, when liv- 

* Souvenir of the Concord Artillen,-, 1S94. 



8 

ing at such a distance." His request was granted, and he was 
honorably discharged on August 29, 1826. 

While at Concord he became a Freemason, and was initiated 
on March 11, 18 16, into Corinthian Lodge, one of the oldest 
in the country, having been chartered in 1797, and became 
actively engaged in the affairs of that organization which he 
served as Senior Warden from 1821 until 1823. 

On April 14, 18 18, he was married to Sarah Wright Brown, 
fourth child of Ephraim Brown and his wife Sibel Wright, by 
the well known Concord pastor Reverend Ezra Ripley, who 
had also officiated at the marriage of the bride's parents thirty 
years before. In 1826 he removed with his family to Boston, 
no easy task in those days of hard travelling, and lived at 
various places in the old North end. In 1826 we find them at 
85 Salem Street; in 1827 at 64 Salem Street; in 1829 at 3 
Salem Street; in 1830 at 13 Charter Street; and in 1832 
they moved into the house at 1 1 Unity Street, which was 
their abode until they left the city in 184 1. 

During this period Luke Rogers worked at his trade, hav- 
ing a shop at 16 North Bennet Street until 1839, when he 
opened a dental office at 202 Hanover Street. While prac- 
ticing dentistry he formed a partnership in 1840 with Ezra C. 
Kendall, and under the firm name of Kendall and Rogers, 
opened a shop at the corner of Merrimac and Pitts Streets, 
where they manufactured chairs. 

In 1 84 1 the family removed to Needham, where they re- 
mained about a year, and thence went to Watertown where 
Luke died on September 11, 1849, and where his widow, who 
was born at Concord on October 27, 1794, continued to re- 
side until her death on September 8, 1854. 




SARAH WRIGHT BROWN. 

Mrs. Luke Rogers. 



ANCESTORS 



ANCESTORS 



Abbot, George,' was born in England, and died at Rowley 
in 1647. 

Abbot, George,^ son of George' Abbot, was born in Eng- 
land in 1630; was married at Andover on April 26, 1658, to 
Sarah^ Farnum, by Simon Bradstreet ; and died at Andover on 
March 22, 1689. He moved from Rowley to Andover in 1655, 
and was granted "the use of a part of the parsonage lands 
for which he agreed to ' mend y^ pulpit cushings, and to gett 
y*" lock on y® meeting-house mended.' " On February 3, 1672, 
it was ordained that "whatsoever doggs be in the meeting- 
house on the Sabbath-day, the owners thereof shall pay six- 
pence for every time being there, and George Abbot, junior, 
is appointed to take notice thereof, and to have the pay for 
his services to gather it up." In 1675 George Abbot was 
mentioned as one to be paid " for sweeping y*^ meeting-house 
and ringing y*^ bell, thirty shillings per annum." In addition 
to his other duties as the first sexton of the First Church of 
Andover, which position he held until his death, he was the 
drummer whose duty it was to beat the drum as the signal for 
services and for daily labor. From February until April of 
1676, he served as a private in Major Savage's company, 



12 

which, under the command of Lieutenant Gillam, took part 
in the campaign against the Indians conducted in the centre of 
the State along the Connecticut valley. 

Abbot, Hannah, ^ daughter of George^ Abbot and Sarah^ 
Farnum, was born at Andover on September 20, 1668 ; was 
married at Andover on April 16, 1695, to James^ Ingalls ; and 
died at Pomfret, Connecticut, on May 3, 1753. 

Blood, James,' died at Concord on November 17, 1683. 
He is supposed to have been a brother of the infamous Colonel 
Blood, known in English history for his designs on Charles the 

Second. He came to Concord in 1639 ^^ith his wife Ellen . 

She died at Concord on August i, 1674. 

Blood, James,^ son of James' Blood and Ellen , was 

married at Concord on October 26, 1657, to Hannah- Purchis ; 
and died at Concord on November 26, 1692. He represented 
Sudbury at the General Court in 1660 and 1683. 

Blood, Sarah, ^ daughter of James^ Blood and Hannah^ 
Purchis, was born at Concord on March 5, 1659/60; was mar- 
ried at Concord on July i, 16S6, to William' Wilson ; and died 
at Concord in 17 17. 

Bowman, Francis,^ son of Nathaniel' Bowman, was born in 
1630; was married on September 26, 1661, to Martha^ Sher- 
man ; and died at Cambridge on December 16, 1687, 

Bowman, Mary,^ daughter of Francis^ Bowman and Martha^ 
Sherman, was born about 1671 ; was married at Cambridge 
on December 2, 1692, to John^ Eveleth ; and died at Stow on 
December 2, 1747. 



13 

Bowman, Nathaniel/ died at Watertown on January 26, 
168 1/2. He was a proprietor of Watertown, February 4, 
1636/7. About 1650 he moved to Lexington, then called 
Cambridge Farms, but later returned to Watertown. 

Bragg, Edward,' and his wife, Elizabeth , settled in 

Ipswich, where his name first appears in 1642 as the servant 
of Samuel Symonds. He became a commoner in 1664, and a 
voter in 1679, during which year he was one of the twenty- 
four tythingmen chosen. His house was burned in 1668. 
Elizabeth died at Ips^vich on May 28, 1691. 

Bragg, Marv,^ daughter of Edward' Bragg and Elizabeth 
, was born at Ipswich in 1650 ; was married at Gloucester 



on April i, 1667, to Joseph^ Eveleth ; and died at Ipswich on 
January 22, 17 14. 

Browne, Boaz,^ son of Thomas' Browne and Bridget , 



was born at Concord on February 14, 164 1/2 ; was married at 
Concord on November 8, 1664, to Mary^ Winship ; and died 
at Concord on April 7, 1724. 

Brown, Ephraim,^ son of Thomas^ Browne and Ruth' 
Wheeler, was born at Concord on April 21, 1689; was mar- 
ried at Concord on August 28, 1718, to Hannah^ Wilson, by 
Justice Minot ; and died at Concord on February 6, 1749. 

Brown, Ephraim,5 son of Thomas^ Brown and Mary* Flint, 
was born at Concord on March 27, 1758 ; was married at Con- 
cord on August 12, 1788, to Sibel5 Wright, by Rev. Ezra 
Ripley; and died at Concord on January 20, 1839. As a 
youth he marched out with his brother Jonas, who was cap- 



14 

tain of the minute-men, and took part in the Concord fight, 
after which he was detailed for guard duty at the graves of 
two "Britishers" that had been killed at the bridge. Later 
he became a fifer in Captain James Russell's company of 
Colonel Eleazer Brooks's regiment, which participated in the 
siege of Boston, during which it was on Dorchester Heights, 
and marched into the city with Washington after the evacua- 
tion. On September 28, 1777, he again enlisted and became 
a member of Captain John Buttrick's company of Colonel 
Reed's regiment, and was present at the surrender of Bur- 
goyne at Saratoga, his company having been detached to re- 
inforce General Gates at the northward. He was discharged 
on November 7, 1777, and returned to Concord on foot, carry- 
ing on his back, besides his gun, a package of cotton cloth 
weighing thirty pounds, which he had bought with the Con- 
tinental money received for his services in the army, and which 
would have been wholly worthless by the time he could have 
reached home. For example, he paid thirty dollars for a break- 
fast, consisting of a mug of flip and a biscuit, while on the 
journey. He was remarkable for his great muscular strength, 
and could bear his weight hanging from a rope by his teeth. 
He was six feet in height, and retained nearly his full set of 
teeth until his death. As a young man he was fond of wrest- 
ling, which was the principal amusement of the soldiers in the 
army when off duty, and could boast that he had never been 
thrown. 

Brown, Mary,'' daughter of Thomas^ Brown and Rachel^ 
Poulter, was born at Concord on March 20, 1693 ; was mar- 
ried at Concord on June 15, 17 17, to Thomas^ Flint, by Justice 
Minot. 



IS 

Brown, Mary,^ daughter of Thomas^ Browne and Ruth^ 
Wheeler, was born at Concord on November i8, 1681 ; was 
married at Concord on April 29, 1703, to John^ Hunt; and 
died at Concord on July 14, 1750. 

Brown, Ruth,^ daughter of Thomas^ Browne and Ruth^ 
Wheeler, was born at Concord on February 8, 1678 ; was mar- 
ried at Concord on November 10, 1698, to Samuel^ Jones; 
and died at Concord on March 22, 1764. 

Browne, Thomas,' was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk 
County, England ; and died at Cambridge on November 3, 
1688. In 1637 he emigrated to New England with his brother, 
Rev. Edmund Browne, and they were among the original pro- 
prietors of Sudbury. The following year Thomas moved to 
Concord with his wife, Bridget . He removed to Cam- 
bridge in 1682, where he lived until his death. Bridget died 
at Concord on March 5, 1 680/1. 

Browne, Thomas,^ son of Thomas' Browne and Bridget 
, was born at Concord in 165 1 ; was married at Concord 



on November 12, 1677, to Ruth^ Wheeler, widow of Ephraim 
Jones; and died at Concord on April 14, 17 18. He was for 
many years the town clerk of Concord, holding oflfice from 
1 689- 1 700, and again from 1 704-1 709. He served as select- 
man from 1 706- 1 709. He was an ensign in the local military 
company, as he appears with that title on the records in 1702, 
but the date of his commission is unknown. He enrolled in 
the service against the Indians in King Philip's War, on De- 
cember 3, 1675, and was wounded at the fight at Narragansett 
Fort a few days later (it is believed on the i6th). 



i6 

Brown, Thomas,^ son of Boaz^ Browne and Mary^ Winship, 
was born at Concord on May 12, 1667 ; was married to RacheP 
Poulter; and died at Concord on May 13, 1739. He was a 
blacksmith by trade. 

Brown, Thomas,"* son of Ephraim^ Brown and Hannah^ 
Wilson, was born at Concord on December 26, 1720; was 
married at Concord on May 26, 1748, to Mary* Flint, by Rev. 
Daniel Bliss ; and died in 1784. 

Clarke, Abigail, was born on October 1 1, 1742 ; was mar- 
ried at Concord on October 20, 1763, to Amos'* Wright, by 
Justice Minot. 

CoRBiN, JoAN,^ daughter of John' Corbin, was married to 
Ralph' Sprague ; and died at Maiden in November, 1650. 

CoRBiN, John.' 

Dane, Abigail,^ daughter of Francis^ Dane and Elizabeth^ 
Ingalls, was born on October 13, 1652 ; was married on Octo- 
ber 12, 1675, to Francis^ Faulkner; and died on February 5, 
1730. She was one of those unfortunate women who were 
accused of witchcraft, and just escaped the execution of the 
sentence of death that was passed upon her. She was arrested 
and thrown into prison, and her trial was one of the most 
noteworthy. She was the first of high social standing to be 
condemned in Andover, and great interest was aroused by the 
fact that she was the daughter of the town's old and respected 
minister, who had baptized and married and buried in his 
parish for forty-five years. In her " Historical Sketches of 
Andover," Sarah Loring Bailey says : — 



17 

Her conduct in the courts was worthy of her position, free alike 
from credulous weakness on the one hand and from scornful de- 
fiance on the other. Either from her own good sense, or upheld 
by the wise counsel of her father (who never yielded to the delu- 
sion), she showed the greatest discretion, paying due deference to 
the court, yet never losing her firmness and dignity. That she was 
not to be intimidated by superstitious terrors, the examiners knew, 
it is evident, for they forebore to argue with her about "peace and 
judgment to come," but they urged her to confess "for y^ credit 
of her Towne ! " This innuendo did not move her. She merely 
made reply in the dignity of simple truth that "God would not 
require her to confess that she was not guilty of." 

Still later, when witnesses were numerous and evidence over- 
whelming, she made admissions, guardedly, and as if with the de- 
sign of conceding all that could be conceded with a view to 
appeasing the clamor for her confession. She admitted that it was 
possible that the devil might be working through her, but if so, 
she was not conscious of it, and did not consent to it. She ex- 
plained some of the charges against her by saying, that when so 
many of her relations had been accused she had been "raised in 
her spirit" and almost frantic, and she had "pinched her hands 
together " in her distress. The examiners had charged that by 
this " pinching of her hands " the afflicted were tortured. She ad- 
mitted that possibly it was so, but yet it was not she who hurt them, 
but the devil working through her without her knowledge or con- 
sent. 

It was noted against her that she was unmoved by the sufferings 
of the afflicted ; though she said she was sorry for them, " she did 
not shed a tear." Some seven or eight charged upon her their 
tortures. Added to the distress of so many accusers was the great- 
est of all, that of having her two little girls (eight and ten years 
old) confess themselves witches and charge their mother with being 
their teacher. Others, confessing themselves witches, " did all 
acknowledge that they were led into that dreadful sin of witchcraft 
by the means of the aforesaid Abigail Faulkner." 

She was kept in prison for thirteen weeks, and when set free by 
the general " jail delivery," was legally liable to penalty. In the 
year 1700 she presented a memorial to the General Court, praying 



i8 

for the defacing of the record against her by which she was under 
the attainder of a convicted criminal : — 

" I am as yet suffered to live, but only as a malefactor convicted 
upon record of y^ most heinous crimes that mankind can be sup- 
posed to be guilty of, which besides its utter ruining and defaming 
my Reputation will certainly expose myself to Imminent Danger 
by new accusations which will thereby be the more readily believed 
will remain a perpetual brand of infamy upon my family. I do 
humbly pray that the High and Honourable Court will please to 
take my case into serious consideration and order the Defacing of 
y^ record against me, so that I may be freed from y^ evil conse- 
quences thereof." 

Not until after eleven years, and much petitioning, was the at- 
tainder taken off. The record remains to this day one of the most 
conspicuous on the pages of the " Book of Witchcraft " in the State 
Archives. Its clear and distinct writing, among many nearly illegi- 
ble papers, make it one of the noticeable records ; so that even the 
casual turner of leaves cannot fail to read it : — 

The Jury find Abigail Faulkner, 
wife of Francis Faulkner of Andover, 
Guilty of ye felony of witchcraft. 
Committed on ye body of Martha 
Sprague also on ye body of Sarah Phelps. 
Sentence of death passed on Abigail Faulkner. 

Her partial admissions, made no doubt under the instruc- 
tions of her father, w^ho saw that only concessions on some 
points would save her, prevented the immediate execution of 
the sentence. 

Dane, Francis,^ son of John' Dane, was born in England 
about 1616; was married to Elizabeth^ Ingalls ; and died at 
Andover on February 17, 1696/7. He emigrated to New 
England in 1636, and first lived in Roxbury. Later he walked 
the vague Indian trail to Ipswich, where he remained for a 



19 

short time. In 1647 he was ordained at Andover as the sec- 
ond minister of the North Parish First Church. His ministry 
was long and useful, and closed only with his life. He was 
much respected, and " when the community was frenzied with 
the witchcraft delusion, he was one of the few men whose 
judgment remained unshaken, and whose courage was not 
daunted by fear of personal danger."* His house was burned 
in 1661. 

Dane, John,' was born at Berkhamstead, England, in 1587, 
and died at Roxbury in September or October, 1658. He was 
a tailor by trade, and lived both at Andover and Ipswich. 

Davis, Barnabas,' died at Charlestown on November 28, 
1685. He embarked from England on the " Blessing," in July, 
1635, with his wife, Patience . By trade he was a tallow- 
chandler. Patience was born about 1603, and died at Charles- 
town on November 15, 1690. 

Davis, Barnabas,^ son of James"* Davis and Elizabeth^ Ran- 
dall, was born at Charlestown on July 10, 1692 ; was married 
to Elizabeth^ Dowse. He was a shipwright by trade. 

Davis, Elizabeth, ■» daughter of Barnabas^ Davis and Eliza- 
beth3 Dowse, was born at Charlestown on April 3, 1720 ; was 
married at Charlestown on November 5, 1742, to Abraham"* 
Foster; and died on January 19, 1795. 

Davis, James,^ son of Barnabas' Davis and Patience , 

was married to Elizabeth^ Randall, He was a cordwainer, and 
resided in Scituate in 1673. 

* Bailey's " Sketches of Andover." 



20 

Dowse, Eleazer,^ son of Lawrence' Dowse and Margery^ 
Rand, was born at Charlestown on January 25, 1668 ; was 
married at Charlestown on September 21, 1693, to Mary^ Ed- 
mands ; and died at Charlestown on July 21, 1725. He was a 
master mariner, and sailed between Charlestown and London. 

Dowse, Elizabeth,^ daughter of Eleazer^ Dowse and Mary' 
Edmands, was born at Charlestown on February 10, 1698/9; 
and was married to Barnabas^ Davis. 

Dowse, Lawrence,' was born at Broughton, Hants County, 
England, about 161 3; was married to Margery- Rand about 
1646; and died at Charlestown on March 14, 1692. He emi- 
grated to Boston previous to 1642, and was made a freeman 
on May 26, 1647. In 1649 he moved to Charlestown, where 
he plied his trade as carpenter, and where he was constable in 
1656. 

Edmands, Daniel,'' son of Walter' Edmands and Dorothy 
, was born about 1630; was married to Mary^ Sprague ; 



and died at Charlestown on August 22, 1688. By trade he 
was a feltmaker. During the Indian troubles of 1676, he 
served as a private in the company commanded by Captain 
John Cutter, which was engaged during the war in " conduct- 
ing supply trains to the garrisons." 

Edmands, Mary,^ daughter of Walter' Edmands and Doro- 
thy , was married at Concord on October 13, 1644, to 

Luke' Potter ; and died at Concord in 17 10. 

Edmands, Mary,' daughter of Daniel^ Edmands and Mary^ 
Sprague, was born at Charlestown on October 28, 1673 ; was 



21 

married at Charlestown on September 21, 1693, to Eleazer^ 
Dowse; and died at Charlestown in 1733. 

Edmands, Walter/ died at Charlestown on July 13, 1667. 
He was apprenticed in England to distilling strong liquors, and 
came to Concord before 1639, where he served as constable in 
1 64 1, and from whence he moved to Charlestown some time 
previous to 1652. His wife Dorothy died at Charlestown on 
September 11, 1671. 

Eliot, Francis,' was married to Mary^ Saunders ; and died 
at Braintree on January 17, 1697. He was a brother of the 
famous apostle to the Indians, and was one of the petitioners 
for the town of Braintree in 1645. 

Eliot, Rachel,^ daughter of Francis' Eliot and Mary^ 
Saunders, was born at Braintree on October 26, 1643 J ^"'^ 
was married to John' Poulter on December 29, 1662. 

EvELETii, Catherine,5 daughter of Francis'* Eveleth and 
Mary* Hunt, was born at Stow on June 22, 1744; was mar- 
ried at Acton on October 22, 1765, to Nathaniel" Faulkner; 
and died at Acton on March 23, 1800. 

EvELETH, Francis,'* son of John^ Eveleth and Mary^ Bow- 
man, was born at Stow in September, 1700; was married at 
Concord on February 7, 1726/7, to Mary* Hunt; and died at 
Stow on November 23, 1776. 

EvELETH, JoHN,3 son of Joscph^ Evelcth and Mary^ Bragg, 
was born at Gloucester on January 25, 1670; was married at 
Cambridge on December 2, 1692, to Mary^ Bowman ; and died 
at Kittery, Maine, on August i, 1734. He was the first of 
the sons of Ipswich (where he resided with his parents) to 



22 

enter Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1689, 
l^hen he appears to have at once entered the ministry, as we 
find that a committee of the town of Manchester reported 
on September 23, 1689, that they had engaged him for one 
year, commencing October ist, "to serve among us for ten 
shillings per day mony for every Sabath y* he ofisiate among 
us." Later he was given a regular salary and supplied with 
a parsonage, and it is to be presumed that he continued to act 
as minister at Manchester until the latter part of 1695, when 
he was succeeded by Mr. John Emerson. During this time 
it seems that he also acted as schoolmaster at the near-by 
Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, where his parents were then living, 
for we find in the record of his marriage in 1692 that his 
occupation is given as "schoolmaster." In 1690 he was sent 
by the town of Manchester as its agent to Boston to protest 
to Governor Phipps against the new charter. In the spring of 
1696 he became minister at Enfield, and in 1700 was called 
to the pastorate in Stow, where he continued until 1717, when 
he resigned, and a few years later became chaplain at the fort 
in what is now Biddeford, Maine. On his removal from Stow 
in 1 7 1 7, he became the preacher at Arundel (now Kennebunk- 
port), Maine, a hamlet not far from Cape Porpoise. In 1720 
the town of Arundel agreed to pay him ;^5o per year salary ; 
on March 4, 1724, the town of Saco invited him to preach 
half the time at Winter Harbor, to which Arundel consented ; 
but in 1726 he gave up his Saco pastorate and devoted all his 
time to Arundel. In 1729, at his own " Desier, the town did 
fairly dismiss him," and he removed to Spruce Creek, near the 
line of Eliot and Kittery, where he lived until his death, serving 
the church at Kittery Point from 1729 to 1734. 



23 

EvELETH, Joseph,^ son of Sylvester' Eveleth and Susanna 
— , was baptized at the First Church in Boston on " y^ 26th 



day of y® ist month, 1643, age about i yr and 3 quarters" ; 
was married at Gloucester on April i, 1667, to Mary^ Bragg ; 
and died at Ipswich on December i, 1745. He settled in 
Chebacco Parish, Ipswich (now Essex), about 1674, where he 
lived to the extraordinary age of one hundred and five years. 
He was a man of rigid Puritanical piety, and was one of the 
jurors who signed a humble and solemn declaration of regret 
for the part they had taken in the trials for witchcraft at Salem 
in 1692. 

Eveleth, Sylvester,' died at Gloucester on January 4, 
1689. He appeared in Boston as a baker in 1642, when he 

and his wife Susanna were registered at the First Church ; 

but in 1648 he moved to Gloucester, where he settled as a 
farmer. He was a selectman in 1648, a freeman in 1652, and 
a representative to the General Court in 1673. He did not 
live on good terms with the church during his early residence 
at Gloucester, and was accused of defaming it, for which he 
was ordered either to make a public acknowledgment of his 
fault or pay a fine. In 1666 he was licensed to keep an ordi- 
nary, and at the same time was excused from annual training 
by paying two bushels of Indian corn yearly. Susanna died 
at Gloucester on September 14, 1659. 

Farnum, Farnham, Varnham, Varnum, Ralph,' probably 
that " Sonne of Ralph Varnam, merchant tailor," which was 
born at London on August 25, 1601. He emigrated to New 

England with his wife Alice and three children in 1635, 

and became a proprietor of Ipswich in 1639, where he was ap- 



24 

pointed town-crier in 1640. He also rang the bell to summon 
the people to church, and kept the meeting-house clean. 
About 1652 he removed with his family to Andover. By pro- 
fession he was a barber-surgeon, and a lay preacher. 

Farnum, Sarah, ^ daughter of Ralph' Farnum and Alice 
, was born at Ipswich about 1638 ; was married at An- 



dover on April 26, 1658, to George^ Abbot, by Simon Brad- 
street ; and died on May 12, 1728. 

Faulkner, Ammiruhammah,^ son of Francis^ Faulkner and 
Abigail^ Dane, was born at Andover on March 20, 1693 ; was 
married at Andover on June 7, 1726, to Hannah^ Ingalls ; and 
died at Acton on August 4, 1756. In 1735 he left Andover 
and moved to Concord Village (later known as South Acton), 
where he built the first house in that locality at the great falls 
of the Great Brook. This fine old residence is still standing, 
and is one of the famous Revolutionary houses which, after 
having served as a fort during the early Indian troubles, was 
one of the patriot centres during the great struggle for inde- 
pendence, when it was occupied by the celebrated Colonel 
Francis Faulkner, son of Ammiruhammah. The first settler 
also erected the Faulkner mills at the great falls, which are 
still standing, and are operated by his descendants. 

Faulkner, Edmond,' was married at Salem on February 4, 
1647, to the widow Dorothy Robinson, by John Winthrop ; 
and died at Andover on January 18, 1686. He first emigrated 
to Salem, where he and his wife were the first couple married 
in America by Governor Winthrop. The purchase of Andover 
was accomplished by Edmond Faulkner, acting on behalf of 



25 

the settlers, securing the territory from the Indian chief Cut- 
shamache for twenty gallons of rum and a red coat. He was 
one of the founders of the church, and in 1648 was the first 
licensed innholder and became a vintner of wines and strong 
liquors. He served the town as selectman in 1674 and 1675, 
at which time he also acted as town clerk. During King 
Philip's War his house was burned (on April 19, 1676), and all 
his cattle were killed. Dorothy died at Andover on December 
2, 1688. 

Faulkner, Francis,^ son of Edmond' Faulkner and Doro- 
thy , was born at Andover in May, 165 1 ; was married at 

Andover on October 12, 1675, to Abigail^ Dane; and died at 
Andover on September 19, 1732. 

Faulkner, Nathaniel,'' son of Ammiruhammah^ Faulkner 
and Hannah'' Ingalls, was born in 1735 ; was married on Octo- 
ber 22, 1765, to Catherines Eveleth ; and died at Acton on 
July 4, 1 82 1. From March 29 to November 10, 1756, he 
served as a corporal in a " company of foot in His Majesty's 
service," under Captain Daniel Fletcher, in the regiment com- 
manded by Colonel Ebenezer Nichols, which was raised by the 
Province of Massachusetts Bay for the reduction of Canada. 
He also served as a lieutenant in the Acton company, com- 
manded by Captain Simon Hunt, which belonged to Colonel 
Eleazer Brooks's regiment, and accompanied it during the 
fortifying of Dorchester Heights and the siege of Boston. 

Faulkner, Patty, s daughter of Nathaniel-* Faulkner and 
Catherine^ Eveleth, was born at Acton on April 28, 1766; 
was married at Acton on May 26, 1785, to Abraham Foster 
Rogers; and died at Stow on October 31, 1843. 



26 

Flint, John,^ son of Thomas' Flint and Abigail , was 

married at Concord on November 12, 1667, to Mary^ Oakes ; 
and died at Concord on December 5, 1687. About a year 
after the close of King Philip's War it became necessary to 
reorganize the military force of Concord, and John became its 
lieutenant. He represented the town at the General Court in 
1677 and 1679. 

Flint, Mary,'* daughter of Thomas^ Flint and Mary* Brown, 
was born on December 20, 1719 ; and was married at Concord 
on May 26, 1748, to Thomas'* Brown, by Rev. Daniel Bliss. 

Flint, Thomas' (Honorable), was born at the old family 
homestead in Matlock, Derbyshire, England, in 1603 ; and died 
at Concord on October 8, 1653. He sold his patrimonial 
estate in England for ;^20,ooo sterling, and with his wife, 

Abigail , emigrated to America, where he first settled in 

Boston, but was persuaded to remove to Concord, which he 
represented at the General Court from 1637-1641. In 1639 
he was appointed one of three commissioners " to have the 
ending of small matters this year" — a local tribunal invested 
with the jurisdiction of minor offences, and civil court suits 
involving small amounts, and in 1641 he was commissioned 
"to order small cases at Concord." In 1641 he was allowed 
to perform the marriage service in the towns of Concord and 
Sudbury. In 1649 he showed his stern Puritan austerity by 
joining in a protest to Governor Endicott against the wearing 
of long hair as " a thing uncivil and unmanly, whereby men 
doe deform themselves, and offend sober and modest men, and 
doe corrupt good manners." In 1643 he became an Assist- 
ant on the Governor's Council, which position he retained until 



27 

his death m 1653. He accompanied the Apostle Eliot in his 
visits to the Indian settlements on the Merrimac river and 
vicinity. Abigail died at Concord on December 18, 1689. 

Johnson in his "Wonder-working Providence" thus de- 
scribes Thomas Flint, in what he terms short meter : — 

At Chrifts commands, thou leav'ft thy lands, and native habitation : 
His folke to aid, in Defart ftraid, for Gofpells Exaltation, 

Flint Hardy thou, wilt not allow, the underminding Fox, 

With fubtill fkill, Chrifts vines to fpill, thy fvvord (hall give the 
knocks. 

Yet thou bafe duft, and all thou haft is Chrift's, and by him thou : 
Art made to be, fuch as we fee, hold faft for ever now. 

Flint, Thomas,^ son of John^ Flint and Mary^ Oakes, was 
born at Concord on January 16, 16S2 ; was married at Con- 
cord on January 15, 1717, to Mary* Brown, by Justice Minot ; 
and died at Concord on April i, 1765. 

Foster, Abraham, ^ son of Jacob^ Forster and Abigail^ 
Lord, was born at Ipswich on December 4, 1667 ; was mar- 
ried on July 2, 1699, to Abigail^ Parsons; and died at Ipswich 
on December 25, 1720. He was a carpenter. 

Foster, Abraham,'' son of Abraham^ Foster and Abigail^ 
Parsons, was born at Ipswich on July 5, 1716 ; was married at 
Charlestown on November 5, 1742, to Elizabeth'' Davis. He 
was a joiner and carpenter and lived in Boston and Charles- 
town. 

Foster, Elizabeth, 5 daughter of Abraham'' Foster and 
Elizabeth'' Davis, was baptized at Charlestown on November 
18, 1744; was married at Charlestown on May 27, 1762, to 
John Rogers ; and died at Boston. 



28 

FoRSTER, Jacob, ^ son of Reginald' Forster and Judith , 

was born in England in 1635 ; was married on February 26, 
1667, to Abigail^ Lord; and died at Ipswich on July 9, 17 10. 

Forster, Reginald,' died at Ipswich in 1681. His wife 
Judith died at Ipswich in October, 1664. He was surveyor 
of highways in Ipswich in 1661. 

Hosmer, James,' was born in England about 1607; and 
died at Concord on February 7, 1685. He left his home in 
Hawkhurst, Kent County, England, and embarked from Lon- 
don on the ship " Elizabeth " in 1635, which year he settled in 
Concord. He brought a certificate from the vicar of Hawk- 
hurst and the attestation of two justices that he and his family 
were "conformable to the Church of England " and were "no 

subsidy men." His wife Anne was born in England 

about 1608; and died in 1665. 

Hosmer, James,^ son of James' Hosmer and Anne 



was born in New England in 1637; was married at Concord 
on October 13, 1658, to Sarah^ White; and was killed at the 
Sudbury Fight during King Philip's War on April 30, 1676. 
A detachment from Concord was decoyed into an ambush at 
Sudbury and ten were slain. 

Hosmer, Mary,^ daughter of James^ Hosmer and Sarah^ 
White, was born at Concord on April 26, 1664; was married 
in 1692 to SamueP Wright ; and died at Concord on Decem- 
ber 24, 1725. 

Hunt, John,^ son of Nehemiah^ Hunt and Mary Toole, was 
born at Concord on January 12, 1673 ; was married at Con- 



29 

cord on April 29, 1 703, to Mary^ Brown ; and died at Concord 
on May 3, 1765. 

Hunt, Mary/ daughter of John^ Hunt and Mary^ Brown, 
was born at Concord on July i, 1706; was married at Con- 
cord on February 7, 1726/7, to Francis^ Eveleth ; and died at 
Stow on June 23, 1794. 

Hunt, Nehemiah,^ son of William' Hunt and Elizabeth 
-, was born in 163 1 ; was married at Concord on June i, 



1663, to Mary Toole; and died at Concord on March 6, 17 17. 

Hunt, William,' died at Marlborough in October, 1667. 
He came from Yorkshire and was a freeman of Concord on 

June 2, 1 64 1. His wife Elizabeth died at Concord on 

December 27, 1661. 

Ingalls, Edmund," was the son of Robert, and the grand- 
son of Henry Ingalls. He was born at Skirbcck, Lincoln- 
shire, England, about 1595 ; and was drowned in March, 1648. 
He came to Salem in Governor Endicott's company in 1628. 
The following year, with his brother Francis and four others, 
he commenced the settlement of Lynn, and his name is often 
found among the town records, showing that he was a promi- 
nent citizen. That he was not as bigoted as his neighbors is 
proved by the fact that he was fined on April 20, 1646, for 
bringing home an armful of sticks on the Sabbath day. In 
March, 1648, while travelling to Boston on horseback, he was 
drowned in the Saugus river, owing to a defective bridge, and 
his heirs recovered damages to the amount of ;^ioo. 



30 

Ingalls, Elizabeth,'' daughter of Edmund' Ingalls and 

Anne , was born in 1622 ; was married to Francis^ Dane; 

and died at Andover on June 9, 1676. 

Ingalls, Hannah,'* daughter of James^ Ingalls and Han- 
nah^ Abbot, was born at Andover on January 2, 1697; was 
married at Andover on June 7, 1726, to Ammiruhammah^ 
Faulkner; and died at Acton on June 11, 178 1. » 

Ingalls, Henry,^ son of Edmund' Ingalls and Anne , 

was born at Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, in 1627 ; was 
married at Andover on July 6, 1653, to Mary- Osgood by 
Simon Bradstreet (the first marriage performed at Andover) ; 
and died at Andover on February 8, 171 8/9. He owned 
land at Ipswich which he sold in 1652, when he became one 
of the settlers at Andover, buying his land of the Indians for 
cloth and trinkets. He became a freeman in 1673, was con- 
stable in 1669, surveyor in 167 1, and sergeant of the local 
military company from 1666 to 1675. 

Ingalls, James,^ son of Henry^ Ingalls and Mary^ Osgood, 
was born at Andover on September 24, 1669 ; was married on 
April 16, 1695, to Hannah^ Abbot; and died at Andover on 
June 27, 1735. 

Jones, Elizabeth,'* daughter of Samuel^ Jones and Ruth^ 
Brown, was born at Concord on October 1 7, 1 700 ; and was 
married in 17 19 to Joseph^ Wright. 

Jones, John,' was born in England in 161 5 ; and died at 

Concord on June 12, 1673. He and his wife Dorcas 

came to New England on the ship " Susan and Ellen " in 



31 

1635 and settled in Cambridge, but soon moved to Concord 
where he was a freeman in 1650. Dorcas died at Concord on 
November 22, 1709. 

Jones, Samuel,^ son of John' Jones and Dorcas , was 

born at Cambridge on October 8, 1648 ; was married at Con- 
cord on January 16, 1672, to Elizabeth^ Potter ; and died at 
Cambridge in 1717. He was "clerk of y" bona" in 1689. 

Jones, Samuel,^ son of SamueP Jones and Elizabeth^ Pot- 
ter, was born at Concord on September 5, 1674 ; was married 
at Concord on November 10, 1698, to Ruth^ Brown ; and died 
at Concord on November 5, 1755. 

Lord, Abigail,^ daughter of Robert' Lord and Mary^ 
Waite, was married on February 26, 1667, to Jacob^ Forster ; 
and died at Ipswich on June 4, 1729. 

Lord, Robert," son of " widow Katherinc Lord " (who was 
a commoner of Ipswich in 1641), was born in England about 
1612 ; was married in 1630 to Mary^ Waite; and died at Ips- 
wich on April 21, 1683. He was admitted freeman of Ipswich 
in 1636, and represented that town at the General Court in 
1638. In 1645 he was voted to "keep the streets clear of 
wood and timber." He served the town as town clerk from 
1647 until his death, and was marshal, and in 1661 selectman. 
On October 14, 1656, he was appointed one of the commis- 
sioners " to settle the bounds betweene Hampton & Salis- 
bury." He was also recorder of deeds and clerk of the court 
for Essex County. In his will he bequeathed his entire estate 
to his widow during her life, and speaks of her as one " with 
whom by God's good Providence we have lived cofortably 



32 

together in a married condition almost fifty-three years." By 
trade he was a cordwainer. 

Oakes, Edward,' died at Concord on October 13, 1689. 
He was in Cambridge as early as 1640, where he was made a 
freeman on May 18, 1642, and became a useful and prominent 
citizen. He was selectman twenty-nine years between 1642 
and 1678, and represented Cambridge at the General Court in 
1659, 1660, 1669-1681. In 1656 he was appointed "Quarter- 
master of the Troop," and in June, 1675, he acted as a lieuten- 
ant in Captain Prentice's troop, which served in the summer 
campaign at Mount Hope. He was at Lancaster after its 
destruction, February 10, 1676, "and was afterwards scout- 
ing between Marlborough and Medfield, and at the attack on 
February 21, was quartered there with his troopers." In 
1682 he removed to Concord, which he represented at the 
General Court in 1683, 1684, and 1686. 

Oakes, Mary,^ daughter of Edward' Oakes and Jane , 

was married at Concord on November 12, 1667, to John^ 
Flint ; and died at Concord on June 9, 1690. There is some 
question as to Mary's parentage, Shattuck asserting in his 
"Concord" that she was the daugJiter of Urian^ Oakes (son 
of Edward' Oakes) President of Harvard College, while Paige 
in his " Cambridge " declares her the sister of Urian, and the 
daughter of Edward. In consideration of the fact that Urian 
graduated from Harvard in 1649 and soon went to England, 
where he was preaching until 1662, when he was silenced by 
the Act of Uniformity, and did not return to this country 
until much later, it would appear that in all probability Paige 
is correct. 



33 

Osgood, John/ was born at Wherwell, Hampshire, En- 
gland, on July 23, 1595 ; was married in England about 1627 

to Sarah ; and died at Andover on October 24, 165 1. 

Sarah died at Andover on April 8, 1667. He probably came 
to Massachusetts about 1638, as he was admitted a freeman 
on May 23, 1639, and settled in Ipswich; but he moved to 
Newbury shortly after, where he remained until 1645, when he 
removed to the new settlement at Andover. He came from 
a town near Andover, England, and it is said that it was he 
who named the new plantation. In her " Historical Sketches 
of Andover," S. L. Bailey says : " Mr. Osgood was the town's 

first representative to the General Court, 165 1 The 

great problem of the General Assembly just at that time was 
how to keep a safe neutrality in regard to the civil wars of the 
mother country, or rather how to seem submissive subjects to 
the powers that were, and yet practically to manage the colo- 
nial affairs in their own way. The Massachusetts Colony was 
Puritan in sentiment, but had no mind to embroil itself in the 

quarrels across the water The General Court, to which 

Mr. Osgood was the deputy from Andover, voted, in reference 
to some of the demands of the beloved and honored Protector 
of England, to the effect that it would be inconsistent with 
the colonial conscience to submit its affairs to any laws except 
those made by the freemen of the Colony ; and especially, they 
remonstrated against the appointment of any Governor, by the 
Protector, for the Colony ; demonstrating that their charter 
entitled them to elect their chief executive in the Colony. 
Cromwell, therefore, left the colonial magistrates undisturbed." 
He was also the deputy in 1666 and 1669. John Osgood's 
will was the first made by any citizen of Andover, and he 



bequeathed to his daughter Mary, jC2S, to be paid on her 
majority. 

Osgood, Mary,- daughter of John' Osgood and Sarah , 



was born in England ; \\'as married at Andover on July 6, 
1653, to Henry- Ingalls ; and died at Andover on December 
16, 1686. 

Palmer, Martha,- daughter of William' Palmer, was mar- 
ried to John- Sherman ; and died at Watertown on February 
7, 1 700/ 1. 

Palmer, William.' 

Parsons, Abig.a.il,^ daughter of Jeffrey' Parsons and Sarah- 
Vinson, was born at Gloucester on March 25, 167S ; was mar- 
ried on July 2, 1699, to Abraham' Foster; and died at Ips- 
wich on October 8, 1732. 

Parsons, Jeffrey,' was born at Alphington, near Exeter, 
Devonshire, England, about 163 1 ; was married at Gloucester 
on November 11, 1657, to Sarah- Vinson; and died at Glou- 
cester on August 19, 1689. 

Potter, Elizabeth,- daughter of Luke' Potter and Mary^- 
Edmands, was born at Concord in 1652 ; was married at Con- 
cord on January 16, 1672, to Samuel- Jones ; and died at Con- 
cord on February 14, 1694/5. 

Potter, Luke,' was born in England about 1608 ; was 
married at Concord on October 13, 1644, to Mary^ Edmands ; 
and died at Concord on October 13, 1697. He was a free- 
man in 1638, and a deacon of the First Parish Church in 
167S. 



35 

PouLTER, John," was married on December 29, 1662, to 

Rachel^ Eliot; and died at Medford on September 18, 1676. 

^ He came from Rayleigh, Essex, England, and bought a farm 

in Billerica in 1658, but on the alarm of King Philip's War in 

1675, he moved his family to Medford. 

PouLTER, Rachel,^ daughter of John' Poulter and Rachel^ 
Eliot, was born on March 14, 1 670/1 ; and was married to 
Thomas^ Brown. 

PuRCHis, Hannah,^ daughter of Oliver' Purchis and Sarah 
, was married at Concord on October 26, 1657, to James^ 



Blood ; and died at Concord on January 7, 1676. 

Purchis, Oliver,' was born in 161 3, and died at Concord 
on November 20, 1701. He emigrated to Massachusetts 
about 1635, and first settled at Dorchester, but soon removed 
to Lynn, where he was made a freeman in 1636. In 1660 he 
was chosen to represent that town at the General Court, and 
while a member of that body he attempted the abolishment of 
corporal punishment at Harvard College, where it was then 
the practice to whip delinquent students most unmercifully. 
Purchis was an ardent Parliament man and did not hesitate to 
shelter the regicide Goffe when the latter sought a hiding 
place in Lynn. On learning that the fugitive's retreat was 
discovered, Purchis craftily awaited until the pursuers arrived 
at the house and then, jumping out of a window, led them 
on a long and fruitless chase of over two miles, while Goffe 
departed by another road. 

In 1665 some question seems to have arisen as to the loy- 
alty of the Colony to the crown, and in answer the General 
Court ordered that a special declaration of loyalty " be pub- 



36 

lifhed by Mr. Oliuer Purchis on horfe backe, by found of 
trumpet, and that Thomas Bligh, y*^ trumpeter, and Marfliall 
Richard Wayte accompany him, and y* in y*^ clofe he fay, w^'^ 
an audible voyce, *God fave the King!' " But being a de- 
cided anti-royalist, the story goes that when he came to the 
final phrase he was seized with such a violent fit of coughing 
that the word "King" was not to be distinguished. In 1668 
Purchis was chosen County Commissioner, and in 1675 he 
was the lieutenant of the Lynn military company, with which 
he served in King Philip's war. At the General Court held 
in Boston in May, 1685, he was appointed one of seven "to 
revife the laws and efpecially fuch as have binn made fince the 
laft committee had the pervfall and revifall of y^ body of 
y'", and to make a return at the next Court of Ele6tion," 
for which appointment he declined to accept the office of As- 
sistant on the Governor's Council to which he was elected. 
In 1686, while also a deputy, he was elected to the office of 
town clerk (being the third incumbent) which he retained for 
five years. In this official capacity he is named as a grantee 
in the Indian deed of Lynn, executed that year by David 
Kankshamooshaw and his kindred, heirs of old Sagamore 
George No-Nose. 

In 1688 Edward Randolph, secretary of Governor Andres, 
being greatly taken by the beauty of Nahant, requested the 
Governor to grant it to him, which caused great excitement 
and bitter resentment among the people of Lynn. In order 
to conciliate them, Randolph visited the town to hold a meet- 
ing with the principal citizens, that some amicable agreement 
might be made. This meeting was held at the house of Town 
Clerk Purchis, and, the arguments becoming strong and excited 



37 

on both sides, a fracas ensued, during which Randolph whipped 
out a knife and severed the left ear from the head of Mr. Pur- 
chis. Oliver's strong anti-royalist sentiments naturally led 
him to be an ardent supporter of the Revolution of 1688, and 
he was one of those who, on the arrival of the news of the 
flight of James the Second, rushed to Boston to unite with the 
uprising of its citizens, who seized Randolph and other obnox- 
ious persons and threw them into prison. But he paid dearly 
for his political sympathies, for while illuminating his house in 
honor of the installation of William and Mary, the building took 
fire and a large portion of the roof was consumed. In 169 1 he 
removed to Concord. In business Oliver Purchis was the 
agent of the iron company whose works were established about 
1645, ^^'^'^ were mostly owned by residents of England. 

Regarding these Lynn iron works we find the following in- 
teresting extract from Obadiah Turner's Journal in " Notable 
People and Notable Things in the Early History of Lynn": — 

" 1651. Aug^ y^ 4: Yefter even wee did return, m^h tired, from 
y^ Weft Precindl. At y^ Iron Workes wee founde all y'= men w"' 
fmutty faces and bare armes working luftilie. 

Ye fetting vp of y'' forge there, W^'^ was done feme fix years agoe, 
is a mightie helpe to vs y' want iron worke fometimes. They do 
make here all kindes of affaires wanted by our farmers, fuch as 
chaines, plow irons, fythes, boltes, and y^ like, and their axes and 
trammels be ftrong and well fliaped. There be no other iron 
workes hereabouts, and foe m'^'^ worke cometh in from abroad. 
Some of y'^ workmen be exceeding fkilfull and y^ fame of y*^ workes 
be verrie great. Ye Courte, I am told, think fo well of hauing y^ 
workes here among vs, y' they be readie to doe all things lawful! 
for them to doe to encourage y« undertaking. Tho y*^ oare found 
hereabouts be not of y*^ firft qualitie, they yet finde it fufificient to 
pay for y^ digging and fmelting. 



38 

Y^ workes be moftlie owned by certain rich men in Old England, 
and monie is not wanting for y^ fupply of all things neceffarie. 
And jt be a great comfort to us in this new countrie, where m'^'^ 
labour and money is needed, to know y' foe manie men at home, 
yea and women too, of fubflance and high favour, do take a livelie 
intereft in our goode, and be fo reddie to lend a helping hand. But 
fome of ye richeft and wifeft men here haue fomething to doe with 
thefe workes, W^'' fhoweth y' they think y"" of worth. God profper 
them. 

Ye workemen be mollly from Old England, and m*^'^ (killed in y^ 
worke. Y^ headmen be of fubftance and godlie lives. But fome of 
ye workemen be young, and fond of frolicking, and fometimes doe 
frolicke to fuch purpofe y^ they get before y^ magiftrates. And jt 
be faid, m^h to their difcredit y*^ one or two hath done naughtie 
workes with y^ maidens living thereabouts. 

There hath been talk of fome iron workes in y^ Plymouth colonic. 
But if any be there y^ fame thereof is not foe great as thefe. And 
ye people of that colonic do fometimes fend hither for articles made. 

Ye Iron Workes be in a delightfuU place, befide ye river Sauguft. 
Manie tall pines grow neare by; alfo oakes and walnuts. And it is 
pleafante to fee ye fmoke of ye workes curling up among ye trees. 

Ye Indjans fometimes come about ye workes, and will haue Iharpe 
arrow heads made. But ye workmen have been warned againfle 
fupplying y™, for fuch weapons may if neede come be turned againft 
themfelves. One Ihould not make a gun wherewith himfelf is like 
to be Ihot. 

Ye overfeer of ye workes did fliow vs greate courtelie. He would 
haue vs view ye premifes, and heare ye ftorie of their greate doings. 
And he entertayned us with a noble dinner ; giving vs frefh meat in 
plentie and fifh. And to crown all wee had a moft daintie pudding, 
wherein were cherries of mofl delightfuU talle. And wee had fruite 
and favorie difhes of berries, fome black and fome red, w"^ plentie 
of fweetening fpread vpon y™. A good tankard of well kept cyder 
furnifhed drink for vs. He hath a wife of great comelineffe and 
pleafantrie, haueing no foure lookes nor angry wordes. She hath 
two children verie faire and fmarte. And being of goode learning 
fhe delighteth to inftrudl and catechize ye little folk of ye precindl. 



39 

Y^ enterprife of y^ Iron Workes we haue much at hearte. It hath 
our labours and our praiers and muft needs profper if God be w*'^ vs 
in jt ; and methinks he is, for wee are his people and he feeth our 
need. 

Rand, Margery,^ daughter of Robert' Rand and Alice^ 

Sharpe, was born in England about 1624; was married about 

1646 to Lawrence' Dowse ; and died at Charlestown on April 
12, 1714. 

Rand, Robert,' was born in England ; was married to 
Alice^ Sharpe ; and died at Charlestown in 1639. 

Randall, Elizabeth,^ daughter of William' Randall and 
Elizabeth' Barstow, was born at Scituatc in 1652 ; and was 
married to James^ Davis. 

Randall, William,' was married in England to Elizabeth' 
Barstow. They emigrated to New England in 1635, from 
Yorkshire, England, and first lived in Rhode Island. In 1637 
they removed to Marshfield, where they remained until 1640, 
when they became permanent settlers of Scituate. He seems 
to have been of a rather quarrelsome disposition, as we find 
him engaged in numerous lawsuits with his neighbors regard- 
ing the bounds of his land. 

Rogers, Abraham Foster,^ son of John' Rogers and Eliza- 
beths Foster, was born on October 2, r 764 ; was married at 
Acton on May 26, 17S5, to Pattys Faulkner; and died at 
Stow on October 22, 1834. In 1791 he moved with his wife 
and five children from Littleton to Stow. According to the 
Pension Bureau Records he died at Stow on August 23, 1834, 
but his tombstone gives the date recorded above. He enlisted 



42 

was married to Daniel^ Edmands ; and died at Charlestown on 
November 26, 17 17. 

Sprague, Ralph/ son of Edward Sprague and Alice , 



was born in Upway, Dorsetshire, England ; and was married 
to Joan^ Corbin. He arrived at Salem in 1628, and settled in 
Charlestown in the following year, where he became a freeman 
in 163 1. He was the first constable of Charlestown in 1630, 
and represented the town at the General Court from 1635 un- 
til 1645. On May 14, 1634, he was appointed sergeant to 
Captain Underbill, who commanded the fort at Boston, and 
whom he accompanied as a lieutenant in 1637, to Connecticut, 
during the Pequot war. The following mention is made of 
him in the records of the General Court. In 1632, " Ralfe 
Sprage was chofen vmpire " of the commissioners "appoint 
by y^ Court to fett downe y^ bounds betwixt Dorchefter and 
Rockfbury." On May 13, 1640, he was one of the commis- 
sioners appointed to have " power to let y^ ferry between 
Bofton and Charleftowne to whom they fee caufe .... at their 
difcretion," and on December 10, 1641, he was ordered with 
Edward Converse to " repair the bridg at Meadfoard, over 
Miftick River." In fact, his name continues to appear re- 
peatedly on the Colony records. 

TooLL, Mary,' was born in 1642/3 ; was married at Con- 
cord on June i, 1663, to Nehemiah^ Hunt; and died at 
Concord on August 29, 1727. 

Vinson, Sarah, ^ daughter of William' Vinson and Sarah 
, was married at Gloucester on November 11, 1657, 



to Jeffrey' Parsons; and died at Gloucester on January 12, 
1702. 



43 
Vinson, William,' died August i6, 1689. 

Waite, Mary,^ daughter of Samuel' Waite and Mary' 
Ward, was married to Robert' Lord. 

Waite, Samuel," was born at Wethersfield, Essex, Eng- 
land ; and was married to Mary' Ward. 

Ward, Mary,' was married to Samuel' Waite. 

Wheeler, Obadiah,' was born in England in 1608; and 
died at Concord on October 27, 1671. He was in Concord as 
early as 1638, and was made a freeman on June 2, 1641. His 
wife Susanna died at Concord on April 24, 1649. 

Wheeler, Ruth,^ daughter of Obadiah' Wheeler and Su- 
sanna , was born at Concord on April 23, 1642 ; was first 

married at Concord on May 7, 1673, to Ephraim Jones, who 
died at Concord on January 23, 1676; was secondly married 
at Concord on November 12, 1677, to Thomas^ Browne, who 
died at Concord on April 4, 1 7 1 8 ; was thirdly married at Con- 
cord on August 18, 17 1 8, to Captain Jonathan Prescott (as his 
fourth wife), who died at Concord on December 5, 1721 ; and 
died at Concord on February 9, 1740. 

White, Sarah,^ daughter of John' White and Joane , 

was born in England ; was baptized in the First Church, 
Salem, on April 9, 1643 ; was married at Concord on October 
13, 1658, to James- Hosmer; and died at Sudbury. 

White, John," and his wife Joane came from the west 

of England and settled in Salem in August, 1639. On May 
I, 1653, they removed to Lancaster where he had land granted 



44 

him. His will was proved May 28, 1673. Joane died at 

Lancaster on May 18, 1654. 

Wilkinson, Jane,^ daughter of the widow Isabel Wilkin- 
y son, was married to Edward' Winship ; and died at Cambridge 
on February 23, 1655. 

Wilson, Hannah,^ daugHter of William' Wilson and Sarah^ 
Blood, was born at Concord on May 4, 1697 ; was married at 
Concord on August 28, 17 18, to Ephraim^ Brown by Justice 
Minot ; and died at Concord on June 30, 1768. 

Wilson, William,' was born in 1669 ; was married at Con- 
cord on July I, 1686, to Sarah^ Blood ; and died in 1745. He 
was town clerk of Concord, representative to the General 
Court, and captain of the military company. 

Winship, Edward," was married to Jane^ Wilkinson ; and 
died at Cambridge on December 2, 1688. He was a freeman 
of Cambridge in 1635, where he bought an estate in 1638. 
He was lieutenant of militia in 1660; selectman for fourteen 
years between 1637 and 1684; and represented Cambridge in 
the General Court in 1663, 1664, 168 1- 1686. 

Winship, Marv,^ daughter of Edward' Winship and Jane^ 
Wilkinson, was born on July 2, 1641 ; was married at Con- 
cord on November 8, 1664, to Boaz^ Browne ; and died at 
Dedham on September 12, 171 5. 

Wright, Amos,'* son of Joseph^ Wright and Elizabeth'* 
Jones, was born at Concord on July 26, 1738 ; w,as married 
at Concord on October 20, 1763, to Abigail Clarke by Justice 
Minot; and died at Concord on November 6, 1792. Amos 



\/ 



v/ 



45 

was originally a schoolmaster, but he gave up teaching to be- 
come a tavern-keeper and for many years kept the famous 
Wright Tavern at Concord, where on that memorable 19th 
of April, 1775, Major Pitcairn stirred his brandy and swore, 
" I mean to stir the damned Yankee blood as I stir this, be- 
fore night ! " The tavern-keeper enlisted in Captain Isaac 
Wood's company, and was one of those detailed to guard the 
Continental stores at Concord. 

Wright, Edward," died at Concord on August 28, 1691. 
He came to Concord before 1657. In a deed dated March 4, 
1671/2, in which he styles himself "only and sole heir" of 
Francis and Mary (Wiggin) Wright, he conveyed to John 
Hoar all his rights in Castle Bromwick, County Warwick, 
England. His wife Elizabeth died at Concord on Feb- 
ruary 15, 1 690/ 1. 

Wright, Joseph, ^ son of SamueP Wright and Mary^ Hos- 
mer, was born at Concord on December 25, 1696; was mar- 
ried in 1 7 19 to Elizabeth-* Jones; and died at Concord on 
April 5, 1755- 

Wright, Samuel,^ son of Edward' Wright and Elizabeth 

, was born at Concord on April 12, 1661 ; was married at 

Concord in 1692 to Mary^ Hosmer ; and died at Concord on 
October i, 1741. 

Wright, Sibet,,5 daughter of Amos'* Wright and Abigail 
Clarke, was born in Wright Tavern, at Concord on August 6, 
1767; was married at Concord on August 12, 178S, to Eph- 
raims Brown by Rev. Ezra Ripley ; and died at Salem on Feb- 
ruary 4, 1843. 



DESCENDANTS 



DESCENDANTS 



I. Luke Rogers, son of Abraham Foster Rogers and 
Patty (Faulkner) Rogers, was born at Stow on August 
4, 1792 ; was married at Concord on April 14, 18 18, to Sarah 
Wright Brown, daughter of Ephraim Brown and Sibel (Wright) 
Brown, by Rev. Ezra Ripley ; and died at Watertown on Sep- 
tember II, 1849. Sarah Wright Brown was born at Concord 
on October 27, 1794; and died at Watertown on September 
8, 1854. 

Children : 

i. Harriet Maria was born at Concord on October 3, 
1818; was married at Boston on August 15, 1839, 
to William Henry Howard, son of John Day How- 
ard and Sophia (Hinckley) Howard; and died at 
Concord on April 25, igoi. For children, see 
Howard. 
ii. Adeline Abbk was born at Concord on March 14, 

1820; and died at Concord on October 6, 1822, 
iii. Sarah Jane was born at Concord on January 24, 
1822; and was married at Boston on January i, 
1840, to Elijah Sparhawk Brigham, son of Elijah 
Brigham and Sophia (Houghton) Brigham. For 
children, see Brigham. 



50 

iv. James Sumner was born at Concord on January 24, 

1824 ; was married at Boston on January 24, 1850, 

to Rebecca Bentley, daughter of Samuel Bentley 

and Rebecca (Fowle) Bentley; and died at Somer- 

ville on September 7, 1875. 

V. Thomas Luke was born at Boston on July 8, 1826 ; 
and died on the same day. 

vi. Caroline AbbiS was born at Boston on October 14, 
1827; was married at Watertown on September 23, 
1858, to Edward Whitney, son of Nathaniel Whit- 
ney and Sarah (Stone) Whitney, who was born at 
Watertow^n on June 6, 18 15, and died at Belmont 
on May 26, 1896; she died on February 4, 1904. 
No children. 

vii. Charles Wright was born at Boston on January 23, 
1830; was married at Watertown on December 30, 
1855, to Harriet Elizabeth Britton, daughter of Joel 
Britton and Sarah White (West) Britton ; and died 
at Watertown on December 4, 1898. 
viii. Ann Eliza was born at Boston on June 3, 1832 ; and 
was married at Watertown on April 27, 1854, to 
Edward Smarden Rowse, son of Richard Rowse 
and Elizabeth Tucker (Dorr) Rowse. For children, 
see Rowse. 

ix. Lucinda Wesson was born at Boston on October 10, 
1834; and was married at Watertown on July 25, 
1854, to John Smith Cavender, son of John Caven- 
der and Jane (Smith) Cavender. For children, see 
Cavender. 
X. William Henry was born at Boston on December 
17, 1837; and was married at Lebanon, Missouri, 
on February 17, 1869, to Sarah Abigail Matthews, 



<~' — 



< % 



oo 



> 7 
y. ■' 

m = 



^vO 






?c 


n 





w 


c. 


% 


rr 


X 


?: 




u: 


o- 


* 





rr 




O 


















00 


^ 


's.*J 


nr, 




f>j 




Is; 



c:) 



h^ 



en 



c > 

5 z 



X 2 



Ft: 


T: 






T- 




o 


■1 



.•-» 



Q^l 



-44 



ro 



o 
o 

X 






2. JO 



3 ^ 

<T> ^ 

^ >■ 

o 5 

S X 

°- —I 

o ^ 



O 



00 




51 

daughter of Phineas Matthews and Chloe (Sisson) 
Matthews, who was born at GalUpoUs. Ohio, on 
October i6, 1841. No children. 

At the outbreak of the Civil War he was living at 
St. Louis, and immediately enlisted in Company E. 
Third United States Reserves on May 8. 1861. 
On June 8, 1861, he was transferred to Company 
G, First Missouri Volunteers, commanded by his 
relative Captain John S. Cavender. This regiment 
was converted into artillery and on June 10. 1861, 
became the First Missouri Light Artillery, under 
which designation it served at Wilson's Creek. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant in Company B, 
Twenty-ninth Missouri Infantrj', on September 6, 
1862, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Chick- 
asaw Bayou on December 29, 1862, where the 
whole company, save thirteen, were either killed, 
wounded or captured. He was imprisoned in the 
famous Libby Prison. Richmond, whence he was 
exchanged on May 6, 1863, and returned to his 
company as a captain, his commission dating from 
June I, 1863. He continued to serve with his 
command through the battles of Lookout Mountain, 
Missionary Ridge, Orchard Bluff, and Ringgold ; 
and he marched with Sherman through the famous 
Atlanta campaign, and was at the burning of Co- 
lumbus. He was honorably discharged from the 
service on tender of his resignation on April 22, 
1865. In 1884 he published his ■' Personal Experi- 
ences in the Great Civil War.'" 
xi. Nathaniel Hill Wright was born at Needham on 
April 10, 1 841 ; and died at Watertown on Septem- 
ber 15, 1842. 



52 

-. 2. James Sumner Rogers, son of Luke Rogers and 
Sarah Wright (Brown) Rogers, was born at Concord 
on January 24, 1824; was married at Boston on January 24, 
1850, to Rebecca Bentley, daughter of Samuel Bentley and 
Rebecca (Fowle) Bentley, who was born at Boston on Decem- 
ber II, 1823 ; and died at Somerville on September 7, 1875. 
Children : 

i. Caroline Rebecca was born at Boston on February 

27, 1851. 
ii. Annie Maria was born at Boston on October 25, 

1853 ; and died at Boston on June 2, 1854. 
iii. Ella was born at Boston on December 13, 1857 ; 

and died at Boston on December 14, 1857. 
iv. Edith Sumner was born at Chelsea on February 6, 

1859 ; was married at Cambridge on June 6, 1880, 

to Otis Tribble, son of Hiram Tribble and Abigail 

( ) Tribble, who was born at Kingston on 

March 6, 1855 ; and died at Somerville on August 

29, 1892. No children. 
V. Anne May was born at Chelsea on January 29, 1865. 
vi. James Sumner was born at Chelsea on September 30, 

1868 ; and died at Somerville on November 17, 

1879. 

3. Charles Wright Rogers, son of Luke Rogers and 
Sarah Wright (Brown) Rogers, was born at Boston on 
January 23, 1830; was married at Watertown on December 
30, 1855, to Harriet Elizabeth Britton, daughter of Joel Brit- 
ton and Sarah White (West) Britton, who was born at Little- 
ton on March 4, 1834; and died at Watertown on December 
4, 1898. 



53 

Children : 

i. Son, was born at Waltham on June 23, i860 ; and 
died at Waltham on June 25, i860. 

ii. Charles Edward was born at WaUham on Decem- 
ber 7, 1861 ; and died at Waltham on June 18, 
1865. 

iii. Mabel Lena was born at Waltham on July 21, 1866 ; 
and was married at Waltham on January 14, 1892, 
to John Theodore Tabor, son of Calvin Tabor and 
Sybil Minerva (Hilliker) Tabor, who was born at 
Lawrence on July 13, i860. No children. 

BERNET. Albert Edward Bernet, son of Christian 
Bernet and Sarah (Huttig) Bernet, was born at St. Louis, 
Missouri, on January 3, 1881 ; and was married at St. 
Louis, Missouri, on October 21, 1903, to Lucile Cavender, 
daughter of John Howard Cavender and Effie H. (Greenleaf) 
Cavender. 

Children : 

i. Albert Edward was born at St. Louis, Missouri, on 

July II, 1904. 
ii. John Christl\n was born at St. Louis, Missouri, on 

December 21, 1906. 

BRIGHAM. Elijah Spark awk Brigham, son of Elijah 
Brigham and Sophia (Houghton) Brigham, was born at South- 
borough on April 20, 1813; was married at Boston on Jan- 
uary I, 1840, to Sarah Jane Rogers, daughter of Luke Rogers 
and Sarah Wright (l^rown) Rogers ; and died at Boston on 
July I, 1863. 



54 

Children : 

2. i. Edwin Howard was born at Boston on September 27, 
1840 ; and was married at Watertown on October 
24, 187 1, to Jane Spring Peirce, daughter of Moses 
Peirce and Mehitable Jane (Nye) Peirce. 
ii. Adeliza was born at Worcester on April 10, 1844; 
and died at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 
18, 1846. 

2. Edwin Howard Brigham, son of Elijah Sparhawk 
Brigham and Sarah Jane (Rogers) Brigham, was born 
at Boston on September 27, 1840; and was married at Water- 
town on October 24, 1871, to Jane Spring Peirce, daughter of 
Moses Peirce and Mehitable Jane (Nye) Peirce, who was born 
at Medford on September 5, 1845. ^^ graduated from the 
Harvard Medical School in 1868, and served in the United 
States Volunteers and Regulars with the following record : — 
enlisted in the Fourth Battalion of Rifles, M. V. M., on May 
I, 1 86 1, which became Company A, Thirteenth Massachusetts, 
on July 20, 1 86 1, and served with that regiment until the sec- 
ond Bull Run, where he was taken prisoner on August 13, 
1862; paroled shortly after and returned to the regiment, 
where he remained until February 28, 1864, when he became 
hospital steward in the U. S. Army, and was discharged as 
such on February 24, 1875. 

Children : 

i. Percy was born at Westborough on July 14, 1874 ; 
and died at Westborough on June 2, 1875. 

ii. Ethel was born at Hanover on June 23, 1878 ; and 
was married at Boston on October 15, 1901, to Al- 
bert Thompson Leatherbee, son of Andrew Faden 



55 

Leatherbee and Florence (Thompson) Leatherbee, 

who was born at Boston on December 20, 1876. 

No children, 
iii. Edwin Hadley was born at Boston on December 9, 

1883 ; and died at Boston on December 25, 1883. 
iv. Ralph Peirce was born at Boston on January 10, 

1888. 

CA VENDER. John Smith Cavender, son of John Cav- 
ender and Jane (Smith) Cavender, was born at Franklin, New 
Hampshire, on March 11, 1824; was married at Watertown 
on July 25, 1854, to Lucinda Wesson Rogers, daughter of 
Luke Rogers and Sarah Wright (Brown) Rogers ; and died at 
St. Louis, Missouri, on February 23, 1886. When the Civil 
War broke out he was a member of the Missouri legislature, 
and he immediately entered the service as a captain of the 
First Missouri Artillery, and, with Generals Frank P. Blair 
and Nathaniel Lyon, was very influential in saving Missouri to 
the Union, taking an active part in the breaking up of the 
Confederate camp. On August 9, 1 861, he was sent by Gen- 
eral Lyon with a personal appeal to General Fremont for re- 
inforcements, which were positively refused with the result 
that the battle of Wilson's Creek, fought on the following day, 
was not a decided Federal victory, as it should have been. 
Captain Cavender was present at this battle, during which he 
was shot through the left breast near the heart by a minie 
ball, which actually passed through his body, leaving a wound 
through which a silk handkerchief was drawn. On November 
21, 1 86 1, he was promoted to major, and resigned as such on 
August 26, 1862. On October 11, 1862, he became the 
Colonel of the Twenty-ninth Missouri Infantry, which position 



56 

he resigned on February 19, 1863. His military service was 
one of much distinction, and he fought gallantly in many en- 
gagements, among which were the attacks on Forts Henry and 
Donelson, the battles of Corinth and Shiloh, and the siege of 
Vicksburg. On March 13, 1865, he was breveted Brigadier 
General of Volunteers "for gallant and meritorious services at 
Donelson and Shiloh." After the close of the war he gained 
prominence in civil life, serving as a member of the Missouri 
senate, and was later appointed by President Grant, of whom 
he was a personal friend, to the Board of Managers of the 
National Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Ohio. 
Children : 

2. i. John Howard was born at Watertown on May 15, 

1855; and was married at Grays Summit, Missouri, on 
December 7, 1876, to Effie H. Greenleaf, daughter 
of Eugene Le Baum Greenleaf and Martha (Barr) 
Greenleaf. 
ii. James Smith was born at St. Louis, Missouri, on 
October 11, 1862. 

3. iii. Edward Rowse was born at St. Louis, Missouri, on 

August 30, 1864; and was married at Manitou, 
Colorado, on September 23, 1892, to Alice Turner, 

daughter of James D. Turner and Sarah ( ) 

Turner, 
iv. Harry Wales was born at St. Louis, Missouri, on 
December i, 187 1. 

2. John Howard Cavender, son of John Smith Cav- 

ender and Lucinda Wesson (Rogers) Cavender, was 

born at Watertown on May 15, 1855; and was married at 

Grays Summit, Missouri, on December 7, 1876, to Efhe H. 



57 

Greenleaf, daughter of Eugene Le Baum Greenleaf and Mar- 
tha (Barr) Greenleaf, who was born at St. Louis, Missouri, 
on July 23, 1855. 

Inheriting the military tastes of his father, he enlisted in 
the Missouri National Guard in 1877, and served in all the 
various strikes and riots which occurred between then and 
1898 when, on the outbreak of the Spanish War he became 
lieutenant colonel of the First Missouri Infantry, which he 
commanded from the time of its arrival at Chickamauga until 
its return to St. Louis for muster out in November, 1898. 
Children : 

4. i. John Howard was born at St. Louis, Missouri, on 

December 23, 1877 ; and was married at St. Louis, 
Missouri, on December 26, igoi, to Blanche Phil- 
lippi, daughter of Louis Phillippi and Amelia (Lyon) 
Phillippi. 
ii. LuciLE was born at St. Louis, Missouri, on March 6, 
1882; and was married at St. Louis, Missouri, on 
October 21, 1903, to Albert Edward Bernet, son of 
Christian Bernet and Sarah (Huttig) Bernet. For 
children, see Bernet. 

3, Edward Rowse Cavender, son of John Smith Cav- 

ender and Lucinda Wesson (Rogers) Cavender, was 

born at St. Louis, Missouri, on August 30, 1864 ; and was 

married at Manitou, Colorado, on September 23, 1892, to 

Alice Turner, daughter of James D. Turner and Sarah ( ) 

Turner, who was born at Upper Norwood, England, on Feb- 
ruary 27, 1 87 1. 

Children : 

i. Doris was born at Manitou, Colorado, on July 30, 
1893. 



58 

4, John Howard Cavender, son of John Howard Cav- 
ender and Effie H. (Greenleaf) Cavender, was born 
at St. Louis, Missouri, on December 23, 1877; and was mar- 
ried at St. Louis, Missouri, on December 26, 1901, to Blanche 
Phillippi, daughter of Louis Phillippi and Amelia (Lyon) 
Phillippi, who was born at Crystal City, Missouri, on May 
II, 1883. 

Children : 

i. John Howard was bom at Kansas City, Missouri, on 
December 26, 1904. 

ii, Rogers Greenleaf was born at Kansas City, Mis- 
souri, on September 7, 1906. 

GARLAND. James Smith Garland, son of Charles Gar- 
land and Jane (Morrison) Garland, was born at Franklin, New 
Hampshire, on September 14, 1842; and was married at 
Watertown on September 14, 1869, to Kate Agnes Howard, 
daughter of William Henry Howard and Harriet Maria 
(Rogers) Howard. He graduated from , Harvard University 
in 1866, and from the St. Louis Law School in 1869. In 
1906 he published his " New England Town Law," a com- 
pilation of the various town laws of New England. 

Children : 

i, William Howard was born at St. Louis, Missouri, 
on August 14, 187 1. He graduated from Harvard 
University in 1894, served four years as assistant 
clerk of the United States Senate Committee on 
the Judiciaiy, and was appointed assistant United 
States attorney for Massachusetts in 1901, which 
position he still holds. 



59 

ii. Katherine Morrison was born at St. Louis, Mis- 
souri, on March 24, 1874; and was married at Con- 
cord on December 20, 1897, to Percival M. Vilas, 
son of Ashmun Vilas and Frances (Main) Vilas. 
For children, see Vilas. 

iii. Louise was born at Watertown on November 18, 1876. 

iv. Charles was born at St. Louis, Missouri, on Novem- 
ber 29, 1878; was married at Boston on July 31, 
igo2, to Irma BrowTi, daughter of Mather Church 
Brown and Elizabeth (Waite) Brown, who was born 
at Whitesborough, New York, on October 25, 1874; 
and died at Concord on May 15, 1904, He gradu- 
ated from Harvard University in 1900. No chil- 
dren. 

HOWARD. William Henry Howard, son of John Day 
Howard and Sophia (Hinckley) Howard, was born at Boston 
on December 23, 1806; was married at Boston on August 15, 
1839, to Harriet Maria Rogers, daughter of Luke Rogers and 
Sarah Wright (Brown) Rogers ; and was drowned at sea on 
February 18, 1857. By profession he was a master mariner, 
and commanded, while part owner, the packets " St. Peters- 
burg," " Daniel Webster," and " Cathedral," sailing between 
Bostt)n and Liverpool, He received a gold medal from the 
British Government for rescuing one hundred and seventy-four 
British subjects from the wreck of the ship " Unicorn," while 
in command of the "Daniel Webster." He was lost in the 
" Cathedral," which foundered in a storm off Cape Horn. 

Children : 

i. William Henry was born at Needham on June 4, 
1842 ; and was drowned at sea during September, 



6o 

1S70. On the outbreak of the Civil War he entered 
the Nav^- as a volunteer officer with the rank of 
acting master's mate on December 28, 1861, and 
was assigned to the United States Steamer •• J. P. 
Jackson," of the West Gulf Squadron. He was 
recommended for promotion as acting master on 
September 19. 1863. He was promoted to be act- 
ing ensign April 6, 1864. and transferred to the 
United States Steamer ■•Arizona." After a contin- 
uous ser\-ice. during which he participated in the 
battle of Mobile Bay and the taking of New Orleans 
under Farragut, he was honorably discharged on 
December 11, 1865. 
ii, Maria Louise was born at Boston on December 13, 

1844. 

iii. Kate Agnes was born at Watertown on March 2, 
1847 ; and was married at Watertown on Septem- 
ber 14, 1869, to James Smith Garland, son of 
Charles Garland and Jane (Morrison) Garland. 
For children, see Garland. 

iv. John Day was bom at Watertowm on July 21, 1850 ; 
and died at Watertown on September 9, 185 1. 

V. Alice ^L\Y was born at Watertown on December 2, 
1852 ; was married at Watertown on September 23, 
1877, to Theodore Hurd, son of William Hurd and 
Sarah (Hooker) Hurd ; and died at Winchester on 
June 30, 1898. For children, see Hurd. 

HURD. Theodore Clarenxe Hurd, son of William 
Hurd and Sarah (Hooker) Hurd, was bom at Newton on 
Januar}'^ 19, 1837 ; and was married at Watertown on Sep- 
tember 23, 1877, to Alice May Howard (as second wife), 



6i 

daughter of William Henry Howard and Harriet Maria 
(Rogers) Howard. He graduated from Union College, Schen- 
ectady, New York, in 1856, studied law at Harvard, and was 
admitted to the Massachusetts bar in i860. He was commis- 
sioned a second lieutenant in Company F, of the Forty-fifth 
Massachusetts (known as the Cadet Regiment), on September 
II, 1862, was mustered into the United States service on Sep- 
tember 26, 1862, and was honorably discharged on July 7, 
1863. On his return to civil life he became selectman of 
Framingham from 1865 until 1870, and he ser\'ed as a repre- 
sentative to the General Court from 1867 until 1871. He 
was also assistant district attorney for Middlesex County, 
from 1865 until 1872. On January 3, 1872, he became clerk 
of courts for Middlesex, a position he has held ever since, cov- 
ering a period of thirty-five years. 
Children : 

i. Roger Howard was born at Cambridge on April 13, 
1881 ; and was married at New York City, New 
York, on May 12. 1906, to Elsie May Dean, 
daughter of Frederick Brainard Dean and Annie 
Villa (Loud) Dean, who was born at Boston on 
September 12, 1881. No children. 

ii. William Minot was born at Cambridge on February 
2, 1SS3. He graduated from the Lawrence Scien- 
tific School of Harvard University, in 1904. 

iii. Theodore Chester was born at Cambridge on Feb- 
ruary 25, 18S5 ; and died at Cambridge on May 5, 
1885. 

ROWSE. Edward Smardex Rowse, son of Richard 
Rowse and Elizabeth Tucker (Dorr) Rowse, was born at New 



62 

York City, New York, on January 6, 1830; was married at 
Watertown on April 27, 1854, to Ann Eliza Rogers, daughter 
of Luke Rogers and Sarah Wright (Brown) Rogers ; and died 
at St. Louis, Missouri, on October 7, 1894. He became very 
prominent in the business life of St. Louis, and was Collector 
of St. Louis County, from 1868 until 1870. He was also a 
member of St. Louis City Council two terms, from 1877 until 
1885. 

Children : 

2. i. Edward Cavender was born at St. Louis, Missouri, 

on May 12, 1866; and was married at Boston on 
March 7, 1894, to Katharine Laura Green, daughter 
of Captain Francis Matthews Green, U. S. N., and 
Catharine Lovell (Gushing) Green. 



2. Edward Cavender Rowse, son of Edward Smarden 
Rowse and Ann Eliza (Rogers) Rowse, was born at St. 
Louis, Missouri, on May 12, 1866; and was married at Bos- 
ton on March 7, 1894, to Katharine Laura Green, daughter of 
Captain Francis Matthews Green, U. S. N,, and Catharine 
Lovell (Gushing) Green, who was born at Charlestown, New 
Hampshire, on February 2, 1865. He graduated from Har- 
vard University in 1886. 

Children : 

i. Edward was born at St, Louis, Missouri, on July 26, 

1896. 
ii, Roger Gushing was born at St, Louis, Missouri, on 
October 30, 1899. 



63 

VILAS. Percival Madden Vilas, son of Ashmun Vilas 
and Frances (Main) Vilas, was born at Madison, Wisconsin, 
on August 23, 1869; and was married at Concord on Decem- 
ber 20, 1897, to Katherine Morrison Garland, daughter of 
James Smith Garland and Kate Agnes (Howard) Garland. 

Children : 

i. William Howard was born at Minneapolis, Minne- 
sota, on May 19, igoo. 



APPENDIX 



APPENDIX 



Children of John Rogers and Elizabeth (Foster) Rogers, who 
were married at Charlestown on May 27, 1762 : 

i. John was bom on April 21, 1763. 
+ ii. Abraham Foster was born on October 2, 1 764. 
iii. William was bom on November 5, 1 766. 
iv. William was bom on July i, 1768. 
V. Elizabeth was bom on December 9, 1770. 
vi. Sarah was bora on July 20, 1773. 
vii. Joseph Warren was bom on March 16, 1776. 
viii. Samuel was bom on April i, 1778. 

Children of Abraham Foster Rogers and Patty (Faulkner) Rogers, 
who were married at Acton on May 26, 1785 : 

i. Sarah was (still) born on November 4, 1785. 

ii, Martha was bom on October 27, 17S7; was married first to 
William Trowbridge, and second to Silas Holland ; and died on 
March 19, 1875. 
iii. John was bom on Februar}' 10, 1789; and was married at Stow 
on February 27, 1812, to Betsey Wetherbee. 

Child: 

I. Abraham Foster was bom in 1825, and was killed at Baton 
Rouge during the Ci\il War, as a lieutenant. 

iv. Lucinda was bom on April 13, 1791 ; was married to Thomas 
Wesson; and died on June i, 1866. 

Children : 

1. John. 

2. Lucinda was married to Samuel Staples of Concord. 



6S 
-i 14, !SI^. - .. it 

veL 1 ^»3S bors at Stow on. 1 .:. . " 

Sttwr. 






Iaxe » 



, - r) Bkown, who were 
12. i7»^ : 



-\>^ 






(T- - 



69 



iSSa. 



U- i>ILA; 



.- iv. S> 



tL A: 

vii. C 
viiL T- 
ix. Jakes was bom at 



> 



70 

Children : 

1. Martha married Charles Mc Arthur. 

Children : 

i. Warren was liorn on March 2, 1856 ; and was married 

to Minnie J. Chase, 
ii. Edward R. was born on October 8, 1869; and was 

married to Mary T. Hanson, 
iii. Helen was married to Clarence Lucas. 

2. Jereviiah. 

3. Lucy was bom on January 24, 1842 ; was married on Septem- 

ber 12, i860, to Julius K. Graves ; and died on June 14, 1S89. 

Children : 

i. Luin was born on August 5, 1861 ; and was married 

on January 31, 1884, to Ella Peaslee. 
ii. Julius K. was born on June 19, 1867. 
iii. Albert H. was bom on June 19, 1867; and died on 

November 25, 1874. 
iv. SybU W. was born on December 5, 1870. 
V. Sarah L. was bom on February 22, 1873. 
vi. Margery was born on May 27, 1878. 
vii. Marshall G. was born on October 25, 1883; and died 
on January 17, 1888. 

4. William. 

5. Addison. 

6. Albert was born on March 12, 1848; and was married to Jen- 

nie M. Baker. 

Children : 

i. Addison B. was bom on October 27, 1S77. 
ii. Olga A. was born on June 7, 1879. 
iii. Doris H. was born on January 2, 1893. 

7. Susie was born on March 12, 1848 ; and was married on Octo- 

ber ID, 1872, to Benjamin Fay. 

Children : 

i. Julius G. was born on September 22, 1873. 
ii. George E. was born on May 3, 1875. 
iii. Florence L. was born on August i, 1879 ; and was 
married on January 20, 1903, to Henry W. Brinck- 
erhoff. 

8. Mary B. 



71 

Children of Amos Wright and Abigail Clark, who were married 
at Concord on October 20, 1863 : 

i. Amos was born on July i, 1764; and died on March 25, 1775. 
ii. William Clark was born on November 26, 1765 ; and died on 
July 19, 1794. 
+ iii. SiBEL was born at Concord on August 6, 1 767 ; was married at 
Concord on August 12, 1788, to Ephraim Brown; and died at 
Salem on February 4, 1843. [See above.] 
iv. James was born on June 17, 1769; and died on February 8, 1770. 
V. Nabby was born on December 20, 1770; and died on June 18, 

1801. 
vi. Abi was born on December 7, 1772. 
vii. James was born on August 3, 1774. 

viii. Sarah was born on July 11, 1777 ; and died in August, 1778. 
ix. Joseph was born on March 23, 1 779. 
X. Sally was born on November 27, 1781 ; and died on December 

4. 1792- 
xi. Amos was born on August 19, 1783; was married at Boston on 

April 7, i8og, to Juliette Clark. 

Children : 

1. Juliana was born at Boston on December 15, 1809. 

2. Harriet Lee was born at Boston on August 30, 181 1. 

3. Samuel Ballard ^"d.^ born at Newton on March 21, 1814. 

4. Almira Brown was born at Newton on July 2, 1816. 

5. Celinda was born at Newton on February 17, i8i8. 

6. /anies was born at Newton on May 12, 1819. 

7. Joseph Stevens Bennington was born at Brighton in 1821. 

xii. Nathaniel Hill was born on November 19, 1787. 



lillillliiiiiiUiiiiiiiuiiiiuiniHHiiiuimtuuiuiiiH 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 9 



iiiiliniilll 




